BBQ (Baby Shower?)
Posted February 14th, 2011 in Ume's Pregnancy No Comments »Since I thought I wouldn’t have a chance to throw a little home party after the baby is born, I invited my friends to come over to my house to enjoy bbq and catch up with them. …. and it turned out to be a little baby shower party!
Two of my friends came to my house 1 hour early with balloons, and decorated the house with them!
I prepared some foods – sandwiches, veggie sticks, dips and some salads – as there’d be more girls and I knew they’d prefer eating vegetables (their liking for foods are similar to mine). I also prepared many vegetables to grills too.
But! In the morning, D and I found out the bbq grill was broken (>0<). The fire kept dying (we just got new gas from Bunnings)…. so, we decided to grill the meats and veggies with our small in-door grill, George Foreman!
It was a hot day and everyone stayed inside chatting (although all the balloons were decorated in the garden). Thanks to this super fast-heating grill, barbecuing was done in 20 minutes! Meanwhile I insisted everyone to gather around the table (they were everywhere – sitting on the sofa, exploring the house, playing in-door soccer etc) and start eating.
I wasn’t sure if the foods were going to be enough (as I wasn’t sure if everyone was coming, and how much kids would eat), but they were just fine. They liked my buttered mushroom the best 🙂 Oh, I totally forgot that I also made chicken kebabs (skewered, marinated chicken pieces with capsicums and onions), but when I realised it everyone was already full, going back to the sofa and started chatting again.
I always prepare some desserts when I invite my friends to come over. This time, I made cheese cake, fruits platter, and orange mousse. Actually I thought the cheese cake was failure – so I covered it up with whipped cream and blueberry jam on top :p But, surprisingly, it turned out to be the hit. They even asked me for the recipe!
I made this orange mousse in the morning as I thought the dessert wouldn’t be enough too. Actually the food was more than enough and when I brought this mousse up to the table everyone was screaming “enough~” “so full~”. But they ate it anyway! I used 100% orange juice (not real orange as I didn’t have time!) to make it, and it was very easy. I will post the recipe later.
Oh, they gave me some gifts for the baby. Baby clothes, baby’s photo album (as they know I take lots of photos), hand-print making kit (from Japan), and toys. Everything was beautiful, and I had such a great time!
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